As you read my bio, please remember what a mentor once said to me before I entered college:

“One of the most precious joys you will find will be the love you and your husband share”.

One beautiful Thanksgiving Day that came to be true.

Another precious joy is helping people.

My 34 years of teaching/counseling experience include teaching in the Pittsford Central Schools, Pittsford, N.Y. (High School and Dance in Adult Education), Palm Beach County Schools (Palm Beach High School and Howell Watkins Jr. High), Fulton Schools, Fulton, N.Y. (Counselor) and Orange Unified Schools, Orange, Ca. (Counselor).

My lifetime credentials are in counseling, rehabilitation, social work and adult education in California and from New York State permanent teaching and counseling certificates. Private practice was in marriage, family and child counseling, now is in coaching using the new sciences of Happinessand Positive Psychology. My coach training is with Mentor Coach LLC.

I earned my B.S. degree from SUNY, Cortland, N.Y. in physical education and hygiene, and my M.S. degree from Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y., in counseling and guidance and took other graduate courses at Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn.(now a part of Vanderbilt University) where the work of Carl Rogers was taught, before entering the Syracuse program which stressed the work of Abraham Maslow.

Later studies include entering the University of Southern California’s Educational Psychology Doctoral Program and most recently graduation from Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman’s Authentic Happiness Coaching Program Vanguard class.

My awards include Citizenship, Leadership, Who’s Who in College and Universities, and in the West and Who’s Who Among Outstanding Women of the World.

Some other past experiences include church organist and choir leader, camp counselor, teacher of security guards for 1984 Olympics(chosen to guard the door for for the entrance of Prince Andrew), and twice by canoe made the Fulton Chain in the Adirondack Mounrains.

How lived through all of the above?

By spiritual love, by faith in God, by good friendships, by loving and being loved by a wonderful man, and by reaching out to the right people.

I like Life as Love In Action!<p>

 My Values in Action strengths are Gratitude, Capacity to Love and be Loved, Zest, Enthusiasm and Energy, Citizenship, Loyalty and Teamwork, Leadership and Spirituality. My marriage strengths include Role support, Emotional support, Economic security, Companionship, Sexual gratification and two beautiful daughters who have been powerfully inspiring. Commitment and finding your life time partner with whom you both bring out the best in each other can lead to pleasure, engagement, meaning and fulfillment. It was important in my life and was there with God's love, goodness and wisdom.

My home is in Laguna Woods, Ca. Among my favorite things are being with my two daughters, coaching, water sports, gardening, writing, music, family and friends.

This is here to know about me so you can call me for coaching time when you have made a commitment to move forward in your life.

Rita Thompson, 3185-D Via Buena Vista, Laguna Woods, Ca 92637

rthompson48@comline.com

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